Sunshade for buggies.



Patented Aug 8, |899. F. GEIGER.

SUNSHADE FOR BUGGIES. (pplication filed June 29, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES zPATENT OFFICE.

FRANK emana, or rA'roKA, ILLINOIS.

SUNSHADE FORBU'GGIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,497, dated August `8, 1899.

Application led June 29, 1899.

seria No. 722,307. tuo' man.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK GEIGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Patoka, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Sunshade for Buggies, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in sunshades for buggies.

The object of the present invention is to provide for buggies and analogous vehicles a simple, inexpensive, and efficient sunshade adapted to be quickly arranged in operative position and capable of being readily transferred from one side of a vehicle to the other to arrange it at the sunny side of the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustratedA in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional View of a buggy-top provided with a sunshade constructed in accordance with this invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged detail sectional views illustrating the manner of attaching the upper and lower edges of the sunshade to a vehicle.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. Y

1 designates a curtain or sunshade constructed of flexible material and designed to be arranged at the sunny side of a buggy or analogous vehicle and to be supported as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and it is adapted to be rolled up and secured at the upper portion of the buggytop 2 when it is not in use. The side curtain or sunshade is preferably stifened at its upper and lower edges by strips 3 and 4, of Wood or other suitable material, arranged in hems or casings, as clearly illlustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.

The upper edge of the sunshade is provided with eyes 5, detachably arranged on supporting-hooks 6, mounted on the front and rear bows of the carriage-top and having threaded Shanks engaging threaded perforations or sockets of the same. This construction 'permits the sunshade to be quickly arranged in position and adapts it for being readily transferred from one side of the carriage-top to the other.

The lower edge of the sunshade is provided with eyes 7, similar to those ofthe upper edge, linked into elastic bands S, of rubber or other suitable material, which also engage eyes 9 of hooks 10, and the latter are adapted', as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, to engage the railing of the seat. The elastic connection between the bottom of the sunshade and the fastening devices 10 enables the sunshade to be applied to vehicle-tops varying in height, as the said connection is extensible, as will be readily understood. Vhen the sunshade is rolled up,the

elastic connection may be extended around the `same and the hooks 10 engaged with the upper eyes to retain the sunshade in such position and prevent it from unrolling, and the eyes 5 may be hung onto the upper supporting-hook 6, which will hold the sunshade out of the way and in convenient position for ready use. l

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle top, and that it may be quickly changed from one sidev of a vehicle to the other to arrange it on theJ sunny side of the same. The elastic connection between the hooks 10 and the lower edge of the sunshade is extensible and adapts the shade for use on carriage-tops of different heights.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Vhat is claimed is- 1. A device of thefclass described comprising a sunshade provided at its upper edge with means for detachably securing it to the top of a 'buggy and adapted to be readily arranged at either side thereof, fastening devices for engaging the railing of the seat, and elastic connections between the fastening de vices and the bottom of the sunshade, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a sunshade adapted to be arranged at either side of a vehicle, means for detachably IOO ` supporting the upper -fedge of Athe sunshade In testimonyfthat I claim the foregoing as hooks located at the bottoinlo'f b'hesunshade -lny'own I :havehereto aifxed my signature in and adapted to engage the railing of the seat, the presence of two Witnesses.

said hooks being provided with eyes, eyes ar- `FRANK GEIGER. ranged at the lower edge of the sunshade, and VVitnes'ses: elastic bands linked into the eyesLsubst-an- W. E. DOUTHITT,

tiallv as described. W lTTT ADAMS 

